ITU Telecom World 2012
This transformation is driven by game changers, the trends and technologies revolutionizing the industry and the world we live in. The Young Innovators Competition at ITU Telecom World 2012 offers social entrepreneurs aged 18-25 years old the opportunity to shine a global ICT spotlight on their innovative ideas and digital creativity.
Nearly 400 young entrepreneurs from 77 countries around the world submitted innovative ICT-based early concepts or mature projects - demonstrating how fresh thinking and talent for technology can provide real-world solutions to real-world problems and change the future for the better.
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Greene has a long history of leadership and innovation in Information Communication Technology (ICT) that gives hope and promise to thousands of young people in post-conflict Sierra Leone. His dedication to promoting peace and human rights via ICT and the creative use of technology has won him a number of prestigious International Awards. Andrew's initiatives won 2nd place at the Cable and Wireless, ChildNet Awards at the Science Museum in London in April 2003, and he and other young leaders represented Sierra Leone at the UN 1st World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva in December 2003. He was on the shortlist of Stanford University, California, Reuters Digital Visions Fellows 2004, and a Jeanne Sauve Scholar at McGill University Canada. (Read More). In 2011, Greene won the prestigious United Nations ITU Telecom World Digital Innovation Fellowship at the inaugural open Innovation competition with his unique ICT initiative 'Digital Hope'. Supported by the National Telecommunication Commission in Sierra Leone (NATCOM), families, individuals, colleagues and friends, Greene brought presentation materials that helped him to showcase his award-winning initiative. At the ITU Telecom World 2012 in Dubai (October 14th to 18th, Greene brought his interdisciplinary research experience in using ICT, and a strong edge to use ICT for peace, E-Development, and education.
Greene joined other non-profit and business leaders around the world in five days of debate in Dubai, from 14 - 18 October, exploring the radical transformation of the ICT industry and the implications for policy, regulation and competitive strategy.This transformation is driven by game changers, the trends and technologies revolutionizing the industry and the world we live in. The Young Innovators Competition at ITU Telecom World 2012 offers social entrepreneurs aged 18-25 years old the opportunity to shine a global ICT spotlight on their innovative ideas and digital creativity.
Nearly 400 young entrepreneurs from 77 countries around the world submitted innovative ICT-based early concepts or mature projects - demonstrating how fresh thinking and talent for technology can provide real-world solutions to real-world problems and change the future for the better.
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